ASTAC

ASTAC Members

  • Bernhard Mueller, Monash (Chair)
  • Thomas Nordlander, ANU
  • Christophe Pinte, Monash
  • Yuxiang Qin, University of Melbourne
  • Ivo Seitenzahl, ADFA

Ex-officios

  • NCI Representative and User Consultant – Roger Edberg
  • Pawsey Representative and User Consultant – Chris Harris
  • Swinburne Representative and User Consultant – Jarrod Hurley

Additional Support

  • Technical Secretary (ADACS) – Eman Ali

Current call for proposal document

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ASTAC Call for Proposals

ASTAC 2023-A (Q1-Q2)

The new ASTAC Call for Proposals closes at 8pm (AEDT) Friday 25th November 2022.

The Astronomy Supercomputer Time Allocation call for proposals for Q1-Q2 2023 is now open. The deadline for this call is 8pm Friday 25th November 2022.

Within this call we have 6 million service units available to allocate to the astronomy community on national supercomputing facilities (including allocations for CPU-only and GPU-specific applications). 

The following resources are available:

  • CI Astronomy Program: up to 4,000 kSUs on the Gadi system 
  • Swinburne: up to 2,000 kSUs on OzSTAR.

You can access the information sheet for the current call here, including details on how to apply.

ASTAC is formed by Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) and the ASTAC process is managed by Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS).

AAL’s Astronomy Supercomputer Time Allocation Committee (ASTAC) allocates available time on the following supercomputer resources for dedicated national astronomy access:

  • OzSTAR, Swinburne University Supercomputer
  • NCI Gadi, NCI National Facility
  • ATHENA, Pawsey (when time is available)

Note: AAL will consider ASTAC allocating time on any other supercomputer resources that have dedicated national astronomy access, where appropriate.

There are usually two calls for proposals per year, announced around May and November, and closing in June and December. Please refer to ASTAC’s allocation principles.

Terms of reference

Members of ASTAC are appointed by the AAL Board via an application process (organised by AAL) and are installed for a fixed term, with the possibility of renewal. 

AAL aims for institutional, geographical, career stage and gender diversity across its advisory committees. 

ASTAC is formed by Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) and the ASTAC process is managed by Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS).